Rangefinder Archives - Casual Photophile

November 19, 2020

Simple But Sophisticated – the Leica M6

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Dario pens something of a love letter to his Leica M6 in this short and sweet review of the classic 35mm rangefinder.

Dario Veréb
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November 2, 2020

A Rangefinder Beginner’s Thoughts on the Canon 7

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“Come on! Open it,” she said, nodding at the gift-wrapped box which I was holding in my arms. I knew exactly what was inside. Or at least, I thought I did – film. I’m not big…

Timothy Lebedin
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July 17, 2020

Voigtländer Vitessa 1000 SR Review – A Modernist Oddity

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The Voigtlander Vitessa 1000 SR is the least common and least known model in the Vitessa range. Here’s our review of this striking looking camera.

Nicholas Herrmann
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July 9, 2020

Leica M8 Review – Like Shooting an Unending Roll of Kodachrome

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We review Leica’s first digital rangefinder camera, the Leica M8, and see how this fourteen-year-old camera holds up today.

Nick Clayton
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April 1, 2020

The Bolsey Model C – a Unique 35mm Twin Lens Reflex Rangefinder Camera

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Cheyenne reviews the Bolsey Model C, a unique 35mm film camera that’s both a rangefinder camera and a twin lens reflex camera!

March 18, 2020

On the Road with the Mamiya 6

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Thoughts on why the Mamiya 6 may be the perfect film camera for travel after a tour of a handful of America’s National Parks.

Cory Miller
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February 24, 2020

Fujica GM670 Review – the Ideal Handheld 6×7

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Connor reviews the Fujica GM670, a 6×7 version of Fuji’s famous medium format interchangeable rangefinder film cameras.

Connor Brustofski
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January 22, 2020

Fujica Compact Deluxe Review – Fujifilm’s Most Unusual 35mm Rangefinder

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Cheyenne tells us all about the Fujifilm Fujica Compact Deluxe, the last and most unusual 35mm rangefinder camera that Fuji ever made.

Cheyenne Morrison
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January 6, 2020

Christmas in Rochester with a Kodak Retina

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Equipped with a Kodak Retina and Ektar film, Connor explores the camera’s ancestral home of Rochester, New York, Kodak’s world headquarters.

Connor Brustofski
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November 25, 2019

Minolta V2 Review – the Fastest 35mm Rangefinder Camera of 1958

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James reviews a unique 35mm film rangefinder camera from Minolta, the Minolta V2, the fastest leaf shutter rangefinder camera of its era.

James Tocchio
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August 16, 2019

The Olympus 35 SP – Ansel Adams’ Point and Shoot?

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Our review of the Olympus 35 SP, a spot-meter-equipped 35mm film rangefinder camera.

Cory Miller
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August 8, 2019

Robot Royal 24 Review – a Square Format 35mm Film Camera that Runs Like a Clock

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We review the Robot Royal 24, an all-mechanical hand-wound rangefinder camera that shoots square images on 35mm film.

James Tocchio
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June 19, 2019

Walter Voss Diax IIa – a Shooter’s Review of a Collector’s Camera

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There’s an old saying in boxing – ”styles make fights.” The most entertaining boxing matches feature complementary styles, well-demonstrated in the slugger-on-slugger brawl of Gatti vs. Ward or the brains-vs-brawn bullfight that was Ali vs. Foreman. Conversely,…

April 24, 2019

The Contax G1 Takes on the World

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From my first foray into modern film photography, I was confronted by the apparent supremacy of Leica and its M mount. But for some reason, the Leica bug has never seemed to bite me. To…

Drew Chambers
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